Not expecting, but also disappointed

Hattie 2022-04-21 09:01:13

I don't really want to read the book The Da Vinci Code, for two reasons. For one, I think the author, Dan Brown, wanted to be famous in the name of Da Vinci (he's my number one idol). Second, it became a trend because too many people watched it, and I also changed from being enthusiastic to watching it, because I didn’t like “following the trend” or blindly agreeing.

When even the movie was released, I hurried to watch it. Because, I think since this drama is adapted from this book, if you don't read the book first, you won't know much about the point of the story. I don't need to say more about the content of the book. It is a decoding story told through Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpiece. Those codes are Catholicism or Christianity that has the largest number of believers in our world today. The story, in fact, does not need to be seriously believed, it is a novel after all. But it makes people talk about history again and again, to do truth and falsehood, which I think is the most worthwhile place. A lot of things, the more you go to the anti-ban, but it will only become more and more popular. Therefore, those who oppose this novel or film should relax.

The novel is a bit ugly, but it turns out that the movie is uglier than the novel because it's too badly changed. It is too simple. Does director Ron Howard think that many audiences have not read the original book? Because people who have read this book also know the development of the story, and even the details can be remembered clearly, because this is a reasoning novel, it is necessary to To unravel the mystery, also pay attention to its branches. But the movie is really a bit outrageous, and many details are not explained, and even important parts of the story can be changed. I think the good thing about movies is that you can follow the pictures, and you can see those art treasures clearly without going to France and the UK. The rhythm is really fast, so fast that the protagonists don't have time to act, and even the soundtrack is nondescript. I'm a little disappointed with this drama, even the lead actor Tom Hanks is a disappointment, Audrey Tautou is a big disappointment (I'm a fan of her too), the other characters are Ian McKellen, Jean Reno, Jurgen Prochnow, Alfred Molina to Paul Bettany are not good-looking. This drama could have been watched well, but why is it like this? Is it the director's fault, the actors' fault, or basically the story's fault?

Most importantly, it could really be a matter of the story.


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Extended Reading
  • Christa 2022-03-23 09:01:12

    It will be more difficult if you don't read

  • Monique 2022-03-22 09:01:10

    At that time, the four boys of us went to see it. When the post-movie ended, Obasan from the cinema woke us up.

The Da Vinci Code quotes

  • Robert Langdon: What if Sauniere... had started to groom you for the Priory?

    Sophie Neveu: What do you mean groom me?

    Robert Langdon: Your grandfather gave you puzzles and cryptex as a child.

    Sophie Neveu: So you are saying all this is real? The Priory, the Holy Grail?

    Robert Langdon: We've been dragged into a world of people who think this stuff is real. Real enough to kill for.

    Sophie Neveu: Who?

    Robert Langdon: I'm out of my field here. I do know a Grail historian, absolutely... obsessed with Priory myth. An Englishman, lives here in France.

    Sophie Neveu: Do you trust this man? I hope you can.

  • Sir Leigh Teabing: A dramatic late-night arrival. What can an old cripple do for you, Robert?

    Robert Langdon: We want to talk about the... Priory of Sion.

    Sir Leigh Teabing: The keepers? The secret war?

    Robert Langdon: Sorry for all the-the... the mystery. Leigh, I-I-I'm into something here that I cannot understand.

    Sir Leigh Teabing: You? Really?

    Robert Langdon: Not without your help.

    Sir Leigh Teabing: Playing to my vanity, Robert. You should be ashamed.

    Robert Langdon: Not if it works.